"Published in conjuncture with the New-York Historical Society."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-381) and index

Introduction : Uncovering, discovering, and recovering : digging in New York's slave past beyond the African burial ground / Ira Berlin and Leslie M. Harris -- A world of possibilities : slavery and freedom in Dutch New Amsterdam / Christopher Moore -- The tightening vise : slavery and freedom in British New York / Jill Lepore -- Liberty and constraint : the limits of revolution / Graham Russell Gao Hodges -- The long death of slavery / Patrick Rael -- Black life in freedom : creating a popular culture / Shane White -- Black life in freedom : creating an elite culture / Carla L. Peterson -- Black life in freedom : creating a civic culture / Craig Steven Wilder -- Black abolitionism : the assault on southern slavery and the struggle for racial equality / Manisha Sinha -- Southern slavery in a free city : economy, politics, and culture / David Quigley -- Securing freedom : the challenges of Black life in Civil War New York / Iver Bernstein -- Re-creating Black New York at century's end / Marcy Sacks

A history of slavery in New York City is told through contributions by leading historians of African American life in New York and is published to coincide with a major exhibit, in an anthology that demonstrates how slavery shaped the city's everyday experiences and directly impacted its rise to a commercial and financial power

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